Muscular support



NOV- 6, 1956 w. F. BIEDERMAN 2,769,185

MUSCULAR SUPPORT Filed May 1l, 1955 INVENTR Patented 2,769,185 lMUSCULAR'SUiPORT William F. Biederman, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application May 11, 1953, Serial No. 354,249

2 Claims. (Cl. 5-338) The present invention relates to a support for themuscular structure of the human body, particularly in sitting position,especially at the crotch and primarily intended for use by male humans.

A purpose of the invention is to provide muscular support of the normalsitting parts of human beings in the crotch against fatigue, discomfortand muscular aches and pains, particularly during extended periods ofsitting, especially in travel, and during attendance at meetings and thelike.

A further purpose is to provide support especially for the anus and theprostate gland.

A further purpose is to provide a relatively wide and high dome-likestructure at the front, a relatively narrow ridge at the center and astill narrower curved nose at the back.

A further purpose is to provide two spaced saddles first rising abruptlyupwardly, and then gradually upwardly curving on the dome, with aslightly recessed abruptly upwardly curving portion between the saddlesjoining a slightly recessed plateau at the top, with convexly abruptlydescending portions on both sides of the saddles.

A further purpose is to run the saddles together at the middle to form acentral ridge which is curved at the top and concavely depressed on bothsides, the concavely depressed portions joining the convexly descendingportions of the dome at the rear and the convexly descending portionsofthe nose at the front.

Further purposes appear in the specification and in the claims.

In the drawings I havechosen to illustrate one only of the numerousembodiments in which my invention may appear, selecting the forms shownfrom the standpoints of convenience in illustration, satisfactoryoperation and clear demonstration of the principles involved.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the muscular support of the invention.

Figure 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section on' `long periods ofsitting at lectures, meetings and the like.

This is due in part to inadequate support of the structure at the middleand rear of the crotch in the sitting position, and is likely to causediscomfort and fatigue.

The present invention is designed toprovide support in the crotch,especially for men.

Referring to the drawings, the device of the invention is suitably anintegral metallic support which can conveniently be a sheet metalstamping or light metal alloy l 22 adapted to'rest on a chair or thelike.

The device is generally triangular in top plan view, and consistsof arelatively wide and high dome portion 23 toward the front, 1anintermediate ridge portion 24 and a nose portion 25 Ytoward the rear ofthe body. Considering the outer contour of Figure l, the dome portioncomprises a central recess 26 at thev large end, filleted side portions27 extending out to amaximum width in the section of Figure 6,Aconverging to slightly inwardly curving longitudinal side portions 28and to a curved nose 30 toward the rear of generally convex form mergingwith the side portions 28.

The forward dome portion comprises two saddles 31 which extend from theopposite ends of the recessed portion 26, rst extending up abruptly at32 and then gradually curving across at 33 to form the highest area ofthe structure. In between the two saddles 31 there is an abruptlyupwardly rising slightly recessed portion 34 at the end and then arelatively at slightly recessed plateau portion 35. On both sides thesaddles descend in convex curves 36. The saddles join at 37 terminatingthe plateau 35, at a point below the saddle peak as shown in Figure 3and create a ridge 38 which is curved at the top in cross section inFigure 5 and on either side has concave descending depressed portions 40which rise at the end to join the convex curves of the sides of the domeand nose respectively.

The nose 25 is desirably a continuous slightly convex curve 41 extendingall around.

In the preferred embodiment the support is desirably of about eightinches length and about four inches maximum width, although it will beunderstood that smaller and larger sizes may be produced to meetvariations in personal dimensions. In use the device is placed under thecrotch in the sitting posture as shown in Figure 3, where the user facesto the right and the portion 42. of the body immediately adjoining thecrotch is supported on 'the muscular support, the portion of the bodynear the front resting on the dome 33, the intermediate portion on theridge 24 and the rearward portion" resting on the nose 25.

It is accordingly possible to endure extended periods of sitting withreduced discomfort even when vehicle motion is present.

In View of my invention and disclosure variations and modifications tomeet individual whim or particular need will doubtless become evident toothers skilledin the art, to obtain all or part of the benefits of myinvention without copying the structure shown, and I, therefore, claimall such insofar as they fall within the reasonable spirit and scope ofmy invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. A rigid muscular support having a base, a relatively wide and highdomek at one end, a relatively narrow ridge extending longitudinally inthe middle and a nose portion descending in a curve rearwardly and Yatthe two sides,

the dome comprising a mid-portion which extends abruptly upwardly at theend remote from the nose portion, the mid-portion then rising Ygraduallyfrom the front in two saddles and the mid-'portion having a depressedportion in between the saddles, and the dome sloping off abruptlytransversely at the sides on both sides of the saddles `in convexcurves, the ridge portion being convexlycurved at the top, lower thanthe dome and descending on both sides in concave curve portions, theridge portions rising at the sides to the nose portion.

2. A rigid muscular support having a length of approximately eightinches and a maximum width of approximately four inches, wide and highat one end and narrow toward the other' end, having a flat base, havingat the wide end a dome, there being saddles which abruptly upwardlyslope from the one end and converge on the v at the two sides in aconvexly curved nose, the ridge be- 10 ing convexly curved at the topand concavely curving off on both sides of the ridge, the concave curvedoff portions on both sides of the ridge curving up to the convex curvedportions at the dome and at the nose.

References Cited in the ile of this patent FOREIGN PATENTS Germany Nov.15, 1912 France Sept. 17, 1945 grr.. fr

